Resident Life, Things to do
There are numerous activities and events to enjoy while you are living in Gainesville.
NAMI walk
Have a family?
Visit fun4gatorkids for plenty of family friendly activities.
The Hippodrome Theatre
Enjoy live theater? Try out the Hippodrome or UF Performing Arts.
Samuel P. Harn Museum:
One of the largest university-affiliated art museums in the United States, the Harn Museum has an 86,800-square-foot facility, which includes 32,800 square feet of exhibition space, a 250-seat auditorium, study center, museum store, café, spacious areas for art storage and staff offices for work and research. In 2012, the museum opened the David A. Cofrin Asian Art Wing, a new 26,000-square-foot addition, which is dedicated to the exhibition, storage and conservation of the museum’s extensive collection of Asian art.
Harn Museum of Arts
Florida Museum of Natural History:
Florida’s official state natural history museum and one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing natural history museums.
For additional recreational ideas to the list below visit UF Campus Life.
Local activities:
Alfred A Ring Park
Baughman Center, UF Campus
Butterfly Rainforest
Bivens Arm Nature Park
Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention
Canterbury Equestrian Showplace
Depot Park
Devil’s Millhopper State Park
Devils Den Springs Scuba Diving
Paynes Prarie
Dinner Dolphin tour/boat ride at Cedar Key
Dogwood Park & Daycare
Dudley Farm State Park
Gainesville Raceway
Hawthorne Historical Museum and Cultural Center
Historical Haile Homestead
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park
Lake Wauburg
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
Micanopy Antique Shopping
Morningside Nature Center
O’Leno State Park
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Poe Spring Park
Retirement home for horses at Mill Creek Farm
San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
Santa Fe (College) Teaching Zoo
Santa Fe College Kika Silva Pla Planetarium
Sweetwater Branch Inn
The Thomas Center
Baughman Center
UF Bat House and Bat Barn
Weekend Trips from Gainesville
Cedar Key
Jacksonville Beach
St. Augustine
Jacksonville Beaches
Ocala National Forest
Alexander Springs
Paradise Springs
Itchtucknee Springs
Juniper Springs
Silver Springs State Park
Walt Disney World Orlando
High Springs
Ginnie Springs
Blue Springs State Park
St. Augustine, FL
Boat Tour at Adventure Outpost in High Springs
Itchetucknee Springs State Park
Sports
Gainesville
(Check out at Gatorzone.com for tickets & schedules for all Gator athletics)
- Football
- Basketball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Gymnastics
- Golf
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Swimming
- Lacrosse
Jacksonville
Orlando
- Magic (NBA)
- Atlanta Braves Spring training
- Houston Astros Spring training
- Orlando City (MLS/soccer)
- Orlando Pride (Women’s soccer)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Orlando Solar Bears (ECH/hockey)
Tampa Bay
- Buccaneers (NFL football)
- Rays (MLB)
- Lightning (NHL)
- Rowdies ( NASL/soccer)
- Yankees (baseball minors)